Her last work was a sketch of the “History of the Jews in England,” written for “Chambers’s Miscellany.” In point of style it is the most finished of her productions, free from the exuberances and redundancies that disfigure the tales and published, for the most part, posthumously by her mother. The defects of her style are mainly due to youth. With her extraordinary industry – she rose early and employed the day systematically – and her growing ability of concentration she gave promise of noteworthy productions.
Miss Aguilar’s later years were full of family trials. In 1835 she became ill and her increasing weakness necessitated a change of air, and in 1847 a Continental trip was arranged. Before her departure some Jewish ladies of London presented her with a gift and a touching address recounting her achievements in behalf of Judaism and Jewish women. She visited her elder brother at Frankfurt, and at first seemed to benefit from the change; but after a few weeks she had to resort to the baths of Schwalbach.
Alarming symptoms necessitated her return to Frankfurt, and there she died on September 16, 1847.
Miss Aguilar is buried in the Frankfurt Jewish cemetery. On her tomb the concluding words of Eishet Chayil are engraved: “Give her the product of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.”